Manage applications
From the dashboard, clickManage Appsto view application details and add, edit, or delete custom applications.
View application details
App name– Denotes the application name
State– Denotes the current application status, such asUp,Down,Partially Up,Out of Service, andNA
Up– All virtual servers associated with the application are Up.
Down– All virtual servers associated with the application are Down
Partially Up– Either one virtual associated with the application is Down or out of service
Out of Service– All virtual servers associated with the applications are out of service
NA– No virtual servers is configured for the application
Type– Denotes if the application belongs to Custom or Discrete
Category– Denotes the application category that is grouped
Virtual server/state– Denotes the total virtual servers configured and status of all virtual servers. Hover the mouse pointer to see the details such as total virtual servers, virtual server type, and virtual server status
Services/state– Denotes the total services configured and status of all services
Service Goups/state– Denotes the total service groups configured and status of all service groups
Servers/state– Denotes the total servers configured for the application and the status of all servers
Actions– Enables you to either edit or delete the custom applications
Add an application
ClickNew Applicationto create an application
TheDefine Applicationpage is displayed
Set the following parameters:
Field Description Name The name of the custom application. For example, LB_TEST. Category The category that you can group the applications. Click to get the Application Category page. Select the category and clickSelect. To add a category: 1. ClickAdd 2. Enter a name of your choice. 3. ClickCreate Select Existing Applications Enables you to select the existing applications added to the Citrix ADC instances. Add Application Displays all the virtual servers that are configured on the instances. Select the applications from the list and clickOK. Define Selection Criteria Option to define application by virtual server range, or by origin server/service IP address range. -Server.Specify the server or service IP address, server name, or the port of the back-end server on which the applications are running. You can enter one IP address, a range of IP addresses, or a combination of both separated by commas. For example, you can enter 10.102.29.20, 10.102.43.10-60, 10.216.43.45. -Virtual Servers.You can specify either one of the following: the virtual server IP address, virtual server name, or the port of the back-end server on which the applications are running. You can enter one IP address or a range of IP addresses or a combination of both separated by commas. For example, you can enter 10.102.29.20, 10.102.43.10-60, 10.216.43.45. Create an application from a StyleBook Enables you to create an application using the StyleBook. For more information, seeCreate an application using the StyleBook. - ClickOK.
Note
Currently, Application Dashboard supports only load balancing and content switching virtual servers.
The application dashboard is now displayed with the category and all the applications are grouped underneath.
When you create an application using StyleBooks, confirm the required licenses consumption during the application deployment.
ClickYesto the confirmation message. The Citrix Application Delivery and Management allocates the required licenses to an application.
Create an application using the StyleBook
To create an application using the StyleBook:
在Citrix应用程序交付和管理,导航igate toApplications>Dashboardand clickManage Apps.
Select the application category from theCategorysection. Citrix Application Delivery and Management allows you to define categories to group the user-defined applications. You can also add more categories if necessary.
Click to selectCreate a new application from a StyleBookand clickOK.
The Choose StyleBook page is displayed. This page contains all the default StyleBooks available in Citrix Application Delivery and Management.
Select the StyleBook. TheConfiguration Detailspage is displayed.
Type the values for all parameters in the StyleBook. You can also click View Definition to view the construct of the StyleBook before using it.
For more information, seeUse Default StyleBooks.
ClickCreate.
A confirmation message appears to consume required licenses and deploy an application. The following is an example message:
ClickYes.
You can also clickDry RunCitrix Applicatio检查配置n Delivery and Management attempts to create on the selected Citrix ADC instance. This option is just for your test purpose to see the final check on the configurations. Even if Dry Run option is successful, the actual configuration on the selected Citrix ADC might still fail due to various reasons (IP conflict, instance not reachable, and so on.)
Edit or delete an application
From theManage Applicationspage, you can either edit or delete the custom applications. Click the edit button to edit an application and click the delete button to remove the application.
Export reports of app dashboard and security dashboard
Citrix Application Delivery and Management allows you to take a snapshot of the current App Dashboard and export them as reports. At a frequent interval of time, the App administrators might need to use these reports to update on app usage and performance penalties.
有了这个特性,管理员就可以extract this data as .png, .jpeg, or .pdf reports.
Note
Unlike other report export options in Citrix Application Delivery and Management, you can export the App Dashboard and Security Dashboard reports only as .pdf or .png files. The .csv format is not supported currently.
The report downloads onto your system. From the App Dashboard and App Security Dashboard pages, you can also navigate to second-level pages and export them as reports. Currently, you can download reports of only one application at a time.